YouTube has become a superstar of the Internet since the video-sharing website was launched in California slightly more than two years ago.The following are some of the flashpoints in the history of the firm, which was bought by Internet search colossus Google in November:
Nov 2006 - YouTube removes copyrighted works in the face of complaints by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Nov 14, 2006 - Google completes its 1.65-billion-dollar acquisition of start-up YouTube. Google sets aside slightly more than 200 million dollars of the purchase price in a lawsuit defense fund
Dec 3, 2006 - Iran blocks YouTube and several other websites to keep out "corrupting" foreign films and music
Jan 4, 2007 - A Brazilian court orders YouTube blocked for failing to withdraw a compromising video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli on a beach in Spain. The ban is lifted after YouTube removes the video
Feb 2, 2007 - YouTube agrees to remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom television programs
Feb 26, 2007 - Malaysia announces that it will prosecute anyone that posts clips of motorbike gangs performing dangerous stunts on Internet websites such as YouTube
Mar 1, 2007 - An Australian state bans YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying
Mar 7, 2007 - Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, blocks access to YouTube on a court order due to a video deemed insulting to the country's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ban is lifted after YouTube removes the video
Mar 13, 2007 - US entertainment giant Viacom files a billion-dollar lawsuit accusing Google and YouTube of "massive" copyright infringement
Mar 26, 2007 - The International Cricket Council tells YouTube to remove World Cup clips, claiming copyright infringement
Apr 4, 2007 - Thailand blocks YouTube after it carried a clip seen as insulting the country's revered king. New videos lampooning the king appear on the site two days later
Apr 5, 2007 - Tokyo's election commission asks YouTube to take off clips of candidates for the local governor's race, saying it gave some of them unfair advantages
Nov 2006 - YouTube removes copyrighted works in the face of complaints by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Nov 14, 2006 - Google completes its 1.65-billion-dollar acquisition of start-up YouTube. Google sets aside slightly more than 200 million dollars of the purchase price in a lawsuit defense fund
Dec 3, 2006 - Iran blocks YouTube and several other websites to keep out "corrupting" foreign films and music
Jan 4, 2007 - A Brazilian court orders YouTube blocked for failing to withdraw a compromising video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli on a beach in Spain. The ban is lifted after YouTube removes the video
Feb 2, 2007 - YouTube agrees to remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips of Viacom television programs
Feb 26, 2007 - Malaysia announces that it will prosecute anyone that posts clips of motorbike gangs performing dangerous stunts on Internet websites such as YouTube
Mar 1, 2007 - An Australian state bans YouTube from school computers in a bid to clamp down on cyber-bullying
Mar 7, 2007 - Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, Turk Telekom, blocks access to YouTube on a court order due to a video deemed insulting to the country's founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The ban is lifted after YouTube removes the video
Mar 13, 2007 - US entertainment giant Viacom files a billion-dollar lawsuit accusing Google and YouTube of "massive" copyright infringement
Mar 26, 2007 - The International Cricket Council tells YouTube to remove World Cup clips, claiming copyright infringement
Apr 4, 2007 - Thailand blocks YouTube after it carried a clip seen as insulting the country's revered king. New videos lampooning the king appear on the site two days later
Apr 5, 2007 - Tokyo's election commission asks YouTube to take off clips of candidates for the local governor's race, saying it gave some of them unfair advantages
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